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Install Shield Limited Edition WIndows service

I was using the Visual Studio installer project for installing my product. Now it looks like the official approach is to use Install Shield Limited Edition project. Now I checked in the Limited Edition project type, and there does not appear to be a way to install windows service. Also the support for custom action also does not seem to be there. Am I missing something ?. Basically will I be able to do the following -

  1. Create a windows service installer project in Install Shield Limited Edition.
  2. Add custom actions - does not look like
  3. Silent installer.
Solution

  • Take a look at:

    Augmenting InstallShield using Windows Installer XML - Windows Services

    For the links to related posts. Basically LE is limited ( upgrade-ware ) but there are clean ways of extending it if you don't want to upgrade to Professional. ( $1500 )

    LE always generates SETUP.EXE's ( MSI's compressed inside ) so silent installation is:

    setup.exe /s /v"/qn"